CETL Archives
Faculty Forum Archive - Spring 2002
"Assigning Term Papers: Take the Confusion Out of the Assignment"
Presenters: Mariah Tenamoc (SOC/ANTH); Karen Thoms
(LR&TS)
Date: Friday, April 19, 2002
Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Atwood Center - N. Glacier Room
Forum Description: Do you find your students confused when you give them a writing assignment, i.e term paper or research paper? The facilitators will share some pointers in using a term paper/research paper assignment, keeping faculty and student stress to a minimum. They will discuss a checklist approach to organizing the assignments as well as introductory information critical to student success. This session will share tips and guidelines on how to make these assignments very clear and concise, thus reducing confusion. Information can be used with other writing assignments, too.
"Student Cheating: Why, How, Detection and Consequences"
Presenters: Pamela Salela (LR&TS), Jennifer
Senchea (CMST), BernaDette Wilson (Associate VP for Student Affairs)
Date: Friday, March 22, 2002
Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Atwood Center - N. Glacier Room
Forum Description: Student cheating has become a national problem in higher education. First, it's important to understand why students cheat. For faculty, it's important to know how students cheat, whether it be on tests or homework. A major problem is the detection of cheating (as well as its prevention); faculty need to have the knowledge and tools needed to spot cheating. And, last but not least, it is important that faculty know the process and the consequences when a student is accused and found guilty of cheating.
About the Presenters: Pamela Salela is a Reference Librarian at LR&TS. In addition to her M.S. degree, she has an M.A. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Illinois and a background in Women's Studies. One of her areas of interest is plagiarism and other forms of cheating and how to detect when cheating takes place.
Jennifer Senchea is an assistant professor in Communication Studies. She will be presenting the results on a class activity conducted in several sections of CMST 192 class (Introduction to Speech Communication). It was an excercise for students to help them learn about small group discussion and problem solving/decision-making techniques. The "problem" was presented to a faculty as a "Why do students cheat" inquiry as this Faculty Forum was being planned. Hear the results of this activity. Jennifer's degrees are from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and theUniversity of Iowa. Her main area of interest is the social construction of interpersonal relationships, with focuses on gendered communication.
BernaDette Wilson is Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, and one of her responsibilities is that of judicial affairs; she's the person who deals with students accused of cheating, including the investigation. BernaDette will share the basis for her work, the Handbook of Student Conduct, and how she applies it in her work regarding cheating. She has been at SCSU since 1996 working with SL&D.
"Case Studies: How to Write Them, How to Use Them"
Presenter: Drue Schuler (MKBL), College of Business
Date: Friday, February 15, 2002
Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Miller Center - 114/115 (east wing of
building)
The case method exposes students to problematic, real-world situations and challenges them to apply course knowledge to analyze the issues and formulate workable solutions. You CAN write your own case studies to fit your own instructional purposes rather than depend on "canned" case studies. Many people write their own case studies, some even do an excellent job.
There are concerns about the use of case studies in classes. Questions arise. Are they used effectively? Are they well written? Are they usable? How do you grade student work when using case studies?
This Faculty Forum will address a number of the above questions. Reasons to use case studies will be explored. Guidelines for creating high quality, accurate, usable case studies will be discussed. Look at what makes a GOOD (effective) case study. Determine the role of the instructor in a case study project (report, presentation, discussion). Discuss these issues with an experienced case study writer.
About the Presenter: Drue K. Schuler is an associate professor at St. Cloud State University. She holds a Ph.D. in marketing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MBA from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and a BSPharm from the University of Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy. She teaches courses in promotion management, services marketing, and arts marketing. Her research has appeared in The Journal of Business Research, Marketing Management, Psychology and Marketing, The Journal of Health Care Marketing, and The Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. Although she claims to not be an expert at case study writing, one of her co-authored cases is forthcoming in the Business Journal for Entrepreneurs. She has taught using the case method at both the undergraduate and the graduate level.
This Faculty Forum will consist of a presentation and a discussion.
